(Unit 3 of 9) Azure Containers

Question 1

if you want to run multiple instances of an application on a single host machine, ( ) are the solution.

Answer 1

Containers

Question 2

What are containers?

Answer 2

Containers are a virtualization environment that contain a standardised run time environment.

Question 3

How do containers compare to VMs?

Answer 3

1. Unlike virtual machines, you don’t manage the operating system for a container.
2. Containers are lightweight and designed to be created, scaled out, and stopped dynamically.

Question 4

How do you differentiate between VMs and CONTAINERS?

Answer 4

VMs - Virtualise hardware

Containers - Virtualise OS

Question 5

Give an example of a container engine.

Answer 5

DOCKER